Initiative Targets Schools With High Poverty Rates, Large Minority Populations

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Monday announced an initiative to try to improve teacher quality at schools with high poverty rates and large minority populations, another effort to advance the White House's agenda while broader programs remain stalled in Congress.populations, another effort to advance the White House's agenda while broader programs remain stalled in Congress.

"One ingredient that we know makes an enormous difference is a great teacher," President Barack Obama said at the White House...